Samsung thinks it’s solved the mystery of the exploding Note 7, Sprint grabs a new business partner, SpaceX returns to work and oh, cars might fly soon. On this week’s episode, El Kaiser and J.D. dive into a pile of tech-news headlines before Apple-watcher Don Donofrio drops by to discuss the company’s 2016 efforts.
- Galaxy Note 7 fires caused by battery and design flaws, Samsung says (The New York Times)
- Galaxy Note7: What we discovered (Samsung Global Newsroom)
- Failure Analysis of Samsung Note 7 (UL)
- Samsung Galaxy S8 release date rumored to be scheduled for April 15 (Tech Times)
- Trump appoints anti-regulation Net Neutrality enemy to head FCC (Gizmodo)
- The SEC is reportedly investigating why Yahoo took so long to disclose that it was hacked (TechCrunch)
- Yahoo postpones close of Verizon transaction to Q2 2017, citing work needed (VentureBeat)
- Sprint acquires 33 percent of TIDAL and creates game-changing partnership (Sprint Newsroom)
- Ringing in 2017 with updates to our Google Voice apps (Google blog)
- Saving you bandwidth on Google+ through machine learning (Google blog)
- A new generation of Chromebooks, designed for millions of students and educators (Google)
- All Chromebooks debuting in 2017 and beyond will run Android apps (Ars Technica)
- Announcing Intune for Education & new Windows 10 PCs for school starting at $189 (Windows blog)
- Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell and others gained ground (9to5Mac)
- App Store app prices to rise in the UK by >25% following Brexit exchange rate fluctuations (9to5Mac)
- Theresa May says Brexit deal ‘cannot mean membership of single market’ (Independent)
- Pound set for best day since 2008 after May’s statement (Bloomberg)
- Facebook introduces measures to tackle fake news in Germany (ABC News)
- Facebook changes policy on editing posts (Mashable)
- Microsoft’s new Windows 10 Game Mode will maximize gaming performance (The Verge)
- DirecTV Now appears to be a complete mess (The Verge)
- SpaceX returns to flight with 10-satellite launch, rocket landing (Space.com)
- Remembering Gene Cernan (NASA)
- Cartapping: How Feds have spied on connected cars for 15 years (Forbes)
- Airbus CEO sees ‘flying car’ prototype ready by end of year (Reuters)